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la rochelle
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Kelerdut
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30 rue des quichenottes 85360 la tranche sur mer
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berck
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Lagoa de Albufeira
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Le Havre
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CHRISSEV
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5 impasse lebrethon
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Plage Borely / Borely beach
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Port du moulin blanc
Julien
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St Adresse
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impasse de roscaroc, Tréompan 29830 Ploudalmézeau
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plage de la hoguette
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tognazzi marine village
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jos
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guy
Lefkada
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WWF oasis named "Burano lake".
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onder
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2019 update: route extension
Once the sailing part is complete, I will return to Norway by bicycle, following EuroVelo routes 13 and 11. For an idea of likely / possible route please toggle the checkbox above the map.
Please consider registering
My windsurf round Europe will likely take around two years to complete. Experience tells me that much of the time I will be tired and hungry. Staying fuelled with sufficient calories, and finding suitable places to overnight, will be major parts of the challenge. To help overcome these difficulties I am appealing to the good nature of the coastal dwelling international community. Please do consider registering as a Local Contact - you'll be supporting a bid for a windsurfing first and, indirectly, the conservation charity associated with this challenge.
Route
I'll be going anti-clockwise round mainland Europe. The blue line on the map is a rough guess. Blue line shows the SAILING route only.
Windsurf Europe - Russia to Russia - route showing both Black Sea options
Timing
Very roughly, I expect timing to work out something like this:
| Start at Russia-Norway border | 17 May 2017 (or as soon after as conditions permit) |
| Norway | May - August 2017 |
| Sweden (if no Skagerrak Sea crossing) | August 2017 |
| Denmark | August 2017 |
| Germany | August - September 2017 |
| Netherlands | September 2017 |
| Belgium | September 2017 |
| France | October - November 2017 |
| Timings soon start to get very speculative. I will probably have to hole up for a few months whilst the winter gales blow through. (Update: in fact the 2018 winter break happened in Spain) | |
| Spain | 2018 |
| Portugal | 2018 |
| Spain again | 2018 |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| France again | 2018 |
| Monaco | 2018 |
| Italy | 2018 |
| Albania | 2018 |
| Greece | 2019 |
| Turkey (Update: winter break after reaching Istanbul on 1-1-2019) | 2019 |
|
Decision made to take route along south side of Black Sea. Note that later these countries were sailed. Read on for how route developed... |
2019 |
| Georgia | 2019 |
|
*** 2019 REALITY! *** For the journey north I plan to follow the EuroVelo cycle network via routes 13 and 11 (visible on the map when checkbox is toggled). Support and company is welcomed! |
2019 |
| Ukraine | 2019 |
| Romania | 2019 |
| Bulgaria | 2019 (transition to cycling at Burgas) |
| North Macedonia | 2019 |
| Serbia | 2019 |
| Romania? | 2019 |
| Hungary | 2019 |
| Slovakia | 2019 |
| Poland | 2019 |
| Lithuania | 2019 |
| Latvia | 2019 |
| Estonia | 2019 |
| Finland | 2019 |
| Norway | 2019 |
| Please see tracker for current location | |
Types of help
These fall into 3 categories. If you are in a position and have the inclination to help out in any of these, it would be great to hear from you. Your contribution will likely be afternoon/evening time and I'll be sailing off into the distance the following morning.
| Type of help | Example |
| Somewhere secure for board and sail |
- a garden or garage near the sea |
| Access to food / water |
- a hot meal |
| Somewhere to sleep |
- a tent in a garden would be more than adequate |
Register as a Local Contact
Registering is very simple, you'll be done in about 2 minutes. Please remember to zoom the map to a high level of detail so that you can be as accurate as possible with your marker position.
Support nearby to the EuroVelo cycle routes would be great too!
EuroVelo routes 13 and 11 for the route back to Norway by bicycle